During the Tang Dynasty, the Annan Protectorate led the two prefectures of Jiaozhi and the bureaucrats and barbarian departments, which has always been the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the local natives have always been quite deferential to the Central Plains Dynasty.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the division of the local territory and the rotation of political power were also a matter between the former Tang garrisons, and they had little to do with the local aborigines. That is, in the weak Song Dynasty, after Taizong's defeat at Jiaozhi, he allowed and indulged, which made it gradually become monstrous and strong, and finally became the biggest scourge in the south of the Chinese Empire.

However, in this era, Wu Quan, who established himself as the envoy of the Jinghai Festival, was already frightened after hearing the news that the imperial army was preparing to march south, and sent people to ask for surrender on the one hand, and mobilized troops at Beining Pass on the other hand, preparing to refuse.

Xia Chengting commanded more than 100 warships of the Tang Navy Division to sail through the Qiongzhou Strait, and then went straight to the mouth of the Zhuyuan River.

The huge Imperial fleet was already sailing in the Gulf of Tonkin when Huo Ming came out of the cabin, "Let's just go straight to Jiaozhou City?" ”

Xia Chengting said: "What, are you still worried that our more than 20,000 sailors won't be able to take Jiaozhou City?" ”

Huo Ming shook his head, "We have pacified Fujian by ourselves, and now we have added some Jiangxia sailors and Fujian sailors, but there is no problem." I'm mainly thinking, why don't you just sweep away the Southern Han Dynasty and save yourself from getting in the way in the middle. ”

Xia Chengting said with a smile: "That's the unified arrangement of the imperial court, we just need to obey the order." ”

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An Xianhui served as the envoy of Jianzhou Town, and Fu Yanchao served as the envoy of Quanzhou Town, but Yuan Ren and Fu Yanrao's subordinates were transferred to Lingnan to recruit Li Jizhong.

Yuan Ren and Fu Yanrao led their troops to Langzhou, where they joined Wu Xun, a former Southern Han general who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and then the army went south and went straight to Beining Pass.

Although the two states of Jiaozhi are plains, they are separated from Yongzhou by a large area of mountainous land.

Because it was the rainy season, the forward troops of the Tang Army marched through the dense mountains and forests in the south with great difficulty, and the paths between the mountains and forests were trampled into mud, and they could only trek between the muddy mountains one foot deep and one foot shallow. These days, the sky is drizzling and sometimes sunny, and this river valley mountain road leading to Bac Ninh Pass has long been soaked with rain. As long as the footsteps are stepped on, it is a deep footprint, straight to the palate.

"Bastards, didn't you say it's the dry season in Cochin?!"

Yuan Ren stood in the heavy rain angrily and cursed, a heavy rain broke the mountain road leading to Beining Pass, and looking at the surging river in the mountain stream, the army had to stop and look for a place where the pontoon bridge could be erected.

Shi Qing, a partial general, also came over from the downstream to report: "I can't find a suitable place to build a bridge, and now the water below is turbulent, and people can't pass at all, and the soldiers who explored the road just now were almost washed away by the flood." ”

Yuan Ren looked at Shi Qingdao and said: "Then find a way to detour, Xia Chengting's dog thing has already come over with the water master, and if we delay it for a few more days, we may not even be able to drink the soup in the end." Damn, we're fighting on land, what are these forgetful bastards in the water messing with?! ”

Shi Jianning wiped the rain from his face and said: "We are having a hard time marching now, and their sailors don't have such trouble, I estimate that they can rush directly to Jiaozhou City along the Zhu Yuan River." ”

Heavy rain poured in, and the troops exploring the road in front carried out in the mountains and forests, occasionally encountering enemy resistance. Since entering the mountains, the small disturbance has not stopped much, and every now and then a cold arrow will shoot at the mountains and forests, and then the attacking enemy will run away without a trace. You have to be careful all the time on the march, which makes it easier to get tired.

After two days of walking in the mud, the army finally walked out of the muddy and steep mountain forest area, and the terrain in front of it began to become flat and open. At this time, a reconnaissance team sent to the front to explore the road rushed back.

"General Qiyu, there are thousands of Jiaozhi thieves in front, and they are coming all the way north in the direction of this valley!"

Yuan Ren asked about the situation, there were about 3,000 Jiaozhi soldiers, probably trying to set up a camp outside the mouth of the valley.

"We were looking for them, but we didn't expect them to come to our door." Yuan Ren smiled after listening to the report, and then shouted loudly: "Shi Qing, Yang Chongyu!" ”

"The last general!" Shi Qing and Yang Chongji took a step forward, "Please command the Lord!" ”

"Order the two of you to bring your own camp cavalry, and take the three thousand barbarian sacrifice flags first!" Yuan Ren ordered the two.

After about an hour, the two armies were already facing each other.

Shi Qing smiled and said to Yang Chongyu: "After three more days of delay on this road, I estimate that we have now been robbed by the sailor, and there are not a few bones left for us, so we can catch a little bit." ”

The Jiaozhi army in front of them seemed to be an elite force, and they did not panic after seeing the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, but formed a phalanx. Ordinary soldiers wore bamboo armor or rattan armor, and held bamboo shuttle darts nearly two zhang long in their hands, and the iron spearheads glowed with cold light, and the formation was solemn.

Under a big flag with black letters on a red background, there are more than 300 cavalry around the main general of the other party.

Yang Chongyu looked at the dense spear forest in front of him slugging his teeth, and then looked at Shi Qing: "Let's use the musket team to fight for a while, and if the other party can still maintain the formation, we will bypass it first and adopt attack tactics." It's really not cost-effective to use cavalry to attack such a spear array! ”

The spear formation was originally used to deal with cavalry, not to mention that the bamboo spears in the hands of these Jiaozhi soldiers were actually longer than the spears of the Tang army, Shi Qing and Yang Chongyu didn't want to risk heavy losses and let their cavalry risk death to rush into battle.

"You are left and I am right, and the pro-barracks are ready!" Shi Qing smiled, gently bumped the yellow fat horse under his crotch, and rushed towards the place where the Jiaozhi army's spear array was with his three hundred muskets, and at the same time, Yang Chongyu's three hundred pro-army also broke into the battlefield from the side of the hill.

More than 3,000 Jiaozhi soldiers raised their bamboo guns in front of them, waiting for battle, looking well-trained and disciplined!

"A team of guns ready to go!" Shi Qing shouted.

The charge of the ordinary cavalry unit of this forbidden cavalry army was very different, and the riders on the horses actually had to keep a distance from the enemy and use muskets to complete long-range attacks, rather than relying on horsepower to force the charge. Riding horses is only used to maintain a distance from the opponent, and only when the enemy army is broken up, will the riding knife be used to pursue the enemy army.

Bang! Phew! Bang......

The smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and the dense projectiles were fired flat into the battlefield, and the splatters of flesh and blood quickly opened a huge gap in the enemy's dense military formation. The armoured general shouted for the commander to fill the vacancy, and just as he thought the mighty cavalry was about to charge, the cavalry in front of him circled back from the front.

After the first round of shooting, the second team of 100-man cavalry lined up in the front again, followed by another volley, which tore out a big hole again in the gap that the Cochin Army had just filled. Just before and after the third cavalry, the Jiaozhi army moved, and with a strange cry in their mouths, they launched a charge towards the Tang cavalry spear team on the flank.

"Stand back, distance yourself from the enemy!" Yang Chongyu was shouting loudly.

Bang! Phew! Bang......

The charging infantry formation collapsed in a large chunk, but these Jiaozhi troops showed that they were not afraid of death, and still rushed quickly towards the Tang cavalry from the hillside despite the rain of bullets, and the distance between the two teams was getting closer and closer.

Shi Qing waved his hand, turned his horse's head, and signaled the three teams of cavalry who had completed the shooting to quickly retreat to the rear of the formation and reload.

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